
Leith to house Scotland’s first digital museum
Scottish Historic Buildings Trust unveils plans to use the Leith Custom House, which is owned

NHS teams up with libraries to promote online health tools
The health service has announced a new partnership covering library facilities around the country, through

Digital exclusion: Scotland pauses iPad distribution scheme
The Scottish Government has suspended its programme for equipping digitally excluded people with devices, as

Cornwall offers £165k for COO to lead transformation
One of the largest local authorities in the UK has an open vacancy for an

DWP retains TCS in £60m deal to support child maintenance services
The department, which has been working in recent years on transforming services and offering online

Newly created Office for Place seeks digital chief
The newly established MHCLG unit is intended to help areas deliver planning that supports local

UK Space Agency funds satellite projects to boost sustainability
The government body has revealed a programme of investing £2.5m in 10 projects across the

Departments’ algorithm records ‘to be published shortly’
After government announced six months ago that a mandatory publication regime will be introduced for

Government commits £4m to equip AI firms with education data to create tools for teachers
DfE is to create a £3m data store providing information to support the creation of

Human rights warning over digital exclusion
A new report from the national auditor general has called on the Scottish Government to

GDS ramps up ‘capability delivery’ for One Login with £44m deal
The Government Digital Service has awarded the biggest commercial agreement yet in a series of

NHS explores blood deliveries via drone
NHS Blood and Transplant has conducted trials comparing the clinical feasibility of blood transported via

Inverness trials driverless vehicles
The Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership is working with the University of Glasgow and various

NHS signs £87m deals to support and transform digital urgent care services
The health service has awarded a pair of contracts to cover ongoing iteration and upgrade

LGA welcomes plans to consider virtual council meetings
For 13 months during the height of the coronavirus crisis, authorities were allowed to enable

Starmer signals support for ‘right to switch off’
With Labour’s plan for workers’ rights due within the next two months, representatives of the

GOV.UK Verify providers complete deletion of all user accounts
The identity assurance platform that was decommissioned last year created around 10 million accounts during

Emergency meeting: Home Office signs Google Meet deal in case of Teams problems
Department awards potential £40,000 deal that could provide scores of officials with an alternative video